Tips of bhut jolokia pepper leaves turning brown and dry?

Tips of bhut jolokia pepper leaves turning brown and dry?

Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:15 pm

In my pepper flat, which has about 30 plants of 5 or so varieties, I have 3 bhut jolokia seedlings. Thy are on their third set of true leaves, but I'm noticing that on two of the plants, the tips of a few of the leaves are brown and brittle-feeling.

All of the other pepper plants are doing fine, but these. In spite of the three sets of leaves, the plants are still quite small, only about 1.5 to 2 in. tall. I'm thinking that this is due to variety, however, as all three are this height, while the other plants are about twice as high.

What do you think this is? They all get about the same amount of water.

Thanks for any tips.

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I don't think enough people on this forum have grown Bhut Jalokia to have a good knowledge base. I have noticed a very large difference in the pepper plants that I have and would assume the growing habits or tendencies of the Bhut Jalokia are different than all others.

I've noticed with almost all of my veggie plants grown from seed. some germinate easily and grow quickly while others struggle to germinate and struggle to survive under identical conditions.

I can only suggest you hang in there with the seedlings and be patient. They will probably grow through the struggling period and be fine.

Oops... , it looks like got kind of incongruous in my post, sorry about that. I really wasn't referring to the growth habits of the bhut jolokia, but really was just asking about the browning of the leaves. I probably should not have put "bhut jolokia" in my thread title as I'm inquiring of anyone who had this happen on any pepper plants, not just the bhuts.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Ted.

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